Jan. 17, 2007
OLATHE, Kan. - Vanguard (Calif.) once again swept all 11 first-place votes on the way to 330 possible points and its fifth-straight No. 1 ranking in the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Top 25. Vanguard is followed by newly crowned No. 2 Lewis-Clark State and No. 3 Lee (Tenn.), who both jumped two spots into the top three.
Cumberlands (Ky.) made the top five's biggest jump, moving from No. 7 to No. 4, while No. 5 Saint Xavier (Ill) rounds out the top five after spending last week at No. 3. Montana Western, Lubbock Christian (Texas), Oklahoma City, Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) and Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) round out the Top 10, as Trevecca made the poll's largest overall jump going from No. 14 to its current ninth spot.
Langston (Okla.) is this week's only newcomer to the poll, while Houston Baptist (Texas) fell from No. 12 to No. 24 this week.
RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL | 1ST PLACE VOTES | RECORD | POINTS |
1 | 1 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 11 | 12-0 | 330 |
2 | 4 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | | 17-1 | 317 |
3 | 5 | Lee (Tenn.) | | 14-2 | 295 |
4 | 7 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | | 17-2 | 285 |
5 | 3 | St. Xavier (Ill.) | | 16-2 | 282 |
6 | 6 | Montana-Western | | 18-1 | 278 |
7 | 9 | Lubbock Christian (Texas) | | 12-3 | 277 |
8 | 2 | Oklahoma City | | 14-2 | 252 |
9 | 14 | Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) | | 12-2 | 242 |
10 | 13 | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) | | 12-3 | 230 |
11 | 8 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | | 12-3 | 225 |
12 | 10 | Union (Tenn.) | | 11-4 | 208 |
13 | 11 | Carroll (Mont.) | | 19-1 | 197 |
14 | 16 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | | 11-5 | 178 |
15 | 17 | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | | 16-2 | 173 |
16 | 19 | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | | 12-4 | 162 |
17 | 18 | Oklahoma Christian | | 10-2 | 157 |
18 | 20 | Georgetown (Ky.) | | 13-5 | 132 |
19 | 15 | The Master's (Calif.) | | 9-4 | 130 |
20 | NR | Langston (Okla.) | | 14-3 | 108 |
21 | 23 | Columbia (Mo.) | | 14-3 | 104 |
22 | 23 | Xavier (La.) | | 13-5 | 96 |
23 | 21 | Oklahoma Baptist | | 8-5 | 92 |
24 | 12 | Houston Baptist (Texas) | | 12-4 | 88 |
25 | 22 | Westmont (Calif.) | | 9-5 | 53 |
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Nazarene (Okla.), 50; Lambuth (Tenn.), 48; Mobile (Ala.), 41; Montana Tech, 19; McKendree (Ill.), 16; Brewton-Parker (Ga.), 14; Martin Methodist (Tenn.), 13; West Virginia Tech, 11; Campbellsville (Ky.), 5; Montana State-Northern, 4; Loyola (La.), 3.
